The images on this page represent the first module I constructed as part of the Northern California Narrow Gaugers (NCNG) module club located in southern Placer County, CA. This module, along with the Logging Camp module, won Best In Show for Individual Module at the 2011 National Train Show held in Sacramento. Read more about my modules in the 2011 On30 Annual magazine: http://carstensbookstore.com/2011on30annual.html
For more information and general standards regarding our informal club, see the “NCNG On30 Module Group” pages located in the last two pages of this web site.
Mining Module (30”x48”)
It starts as a simple plan
Mid-way through scenery
Base scenery in the dry creek
Perhaps a bridge....
Vegetation growing along the bank
More creek scenery
Mule Shoes station test fitting
A place to keep the powder dry
Getting closer to “completion”
Completed module mated with the logging module
Looking through the “forest”
A lazy summer day at Mule Shoes crossing
The A. Frenda mine office
A. Frenda mine office
Stopped for directions
A summer afternoon at Mule Shoes Station
A. Frenda mine
A. Frenda mine
Workin’ the mine
Wayside shed
Mining is hard work
Something always needs fixed
When you gotta go....
A. Frenda mine from the rear
#56 rumbles through with a slow freight train
Shay waiting at the mine for the passenger to pass
Shay waiting on the siding
Shay switching ore cars
Spoil pile
Passenger train stopped at Mule Shoes station
Mine over looking Mule Shoes staion
Observation car
Playing checker on a hot afternoon
A. Frenda mine rear view
Scenery along the dry creek
Dry creek scenery
The dry creek from the “rear”
Freight train coming in to view
#56, ND&AC’s reliable workhorse
Freight train sliding past Frenda Mine
Frenda Mine
Box car
Mule Shoes station
Future cleanup site
The peddler rolls on past Mule Shoes station
Make your move already
Playing checkers at the end of the day
Looking east down the main line
Mule Shoes station
Waiting at the station, late afternoon
New varnish on an old combine
Combined modules
